Mythology - Research Articles

Atlantic Ocean and the island of Atlantis both take their name from the Titan Atlas. Discover how mythology and language converge in their shared etymology.

A deep exploration of how mystic philosopher Manly P. Hall might interpret the Eve Theory of Consciousness—the notion that human self-awareness (“I am”) arose relatively recently—by examining ancient allegories like Adam and Eve and the esoteric meaning behind humanity’s fall into the conscious mind.

Snake Cult of Consciousness weaves neuroscience, evolutionary theory, and Western mystical symbolism into a hypothesis on the origins of human self-awareness.

Why the legendary drink quaffed by Indo‑European dragon‑slayers is best read as a fossilised antivenom rite preserved by the Snake Cult of Consciousness.

Why Genesis pairs a snake with an apple: a Paleolithic antivenom-and-vision ritual encoded in myth.

Why the single-snake staff that crowns hospital logos encodes an ancient pharmacological theology in which venom and remedy are two coils of the same serpent.

Across cultures the snake is called “wise.” New evidence shows the nickname arose from venom‑induced alterations of consciousness, not reptile IQ.

Explores the hypothesis that serpent venom served as humanity’s primordial entheogen.

Across cultures, the snake coiled at a world‑tree signals an entheogenic passage into self‑aware “I‑am” consciousness—this article explains the motif’s persistence.

A long-form exploration of how the discovery of reflective selfhood radiated through late-Ice-Age cultures, with the Eve Theory of Consciousness and the Snake Cult hypothesis as the most coherent narrative frame.